SRES 263 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

A resolution designating October 2009 as "National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month".

Introduced Sep 14, 2009 Originated Senate Sponsor Chuck Grassley R-IA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Sep 14, 2009 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9330)

Progress

Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.

  1. IntroducedSep 14, 2009
  2. Agreed to in SenateNot reached

Summary

Designates October 2009 as National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month.

Urges communities to carry out appropriate programs and activities to educate parents and youth about the potential dangers associated with medicine abuse.

Cosponsors 6

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 14, 2009 to Oct 6, 2009, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalSep 14, 2009
D-ILRichard J. DurbinOriginalSep 14, 2009
D-NYCharles E. SchumerSep 15, 2009
D-RISheldon WhitehouseSep 15, 2009
D-MTJon TesterOct 1, 2009
D-MTMax BaucusOct 6, 2009

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 14, 2009Introduced in Senate
  2. Sep 14, 2009Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9330)
  3. Sep 14, 2009Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9330-9331)

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 14, 2009Introduced in Senate

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